February 2018 Preservation Brown Bag
R.R. Smith Center 2nd floor lecture hall Friday, February 9 @ 12 Noon _________________________________ HSF’s 2018 Preservation Brown Bag Series kicks off at noon on Friday, February 9th in the R.R. Smith Center lecture hall. We are pleased to have Paula Rau and Carol Kipp discuss their rehabilitation projects of 117 Madison Place and 101 Oakenwold Street – both winners of an HSF 2017 Preservation Award. We will view slides of the rehabilitation work and offer time for questions. We hope you will join us! Open and free to the...
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November 2017 Brown Bag Presentation Walk 2017 Holiday House Tour Friday, November 10 @noon Tour meets at the Staunton Public Library memorial garden (on north side of the building facing Oakenwold Street) Please join us for our annual pre-Holiday House Tour Walking Tour. We will explore the neighborhood of this year’s house tour which features an eclectic mix of homes in the historic Oakenwold neighborhood. Please see our Holiday House Tour webpage for additional information on the history of this charming neighborhood. We hope you will join us for this month’s walking...
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October 2017 Brown Bag Presentation Walk Entryways to the City: Kalorama and South Coalter Friday, October 13, 2017 @noon We will meet and begin our discussion at the corner of Greenville Avenue and South Coalter Street (on the sidewalk in front of Staunton Junction/Citgo Station). Consider parking in the New Street Parking Garage and walking along Greenville to the Staunton Junction corner. On the way look for the historic buildings we reviewed this spring for our “Autohood” presentation. The tour will review the current and historic entryways of South Coalter and Kalorama Streets. This...
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Exploring Recent Archeological Discoveries at Montgomery Hall Park Friday, September 1, 2017 @ Noon Meet in the front yard of Montgomery Hall house ( plenty of parking is available). Footwear appropriate for walking through open lawn and woodland undergrowth is suggested. Our Brown Bag Preservation Series continues with a review of recent archeological explorations in Montgomery Hall Park. Dennis Blanton, lead archeologist for the project, will guide us through three locations in the park, describing their discoveries as they worked their way through each site. John Howe Peyton, a young...
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Stuart Addition Historic District Tour meets at the intersection of New Street and Academy Street Friday, June 2 @ 12 Noon Staunton’s Neighborhood Brown Bag Series continues with a walk through the Stuart Addition Historic District. Located along the western slope of a north/south ridge, one block above central downtown, Stuart Addition is Staunton’s smallest historic district. Stuart Addition extends from Frederick Street to the south, Augusta Street to the west, Market Street to the east and Sunnyside Street to the north – with a few parcels breaking and expanding those...
Read MoreMay is National Preservation Month!
People across America this month will be celebrating their built environment – where they live,work and play. To participate in this national celebration, we encourage you to make an appointment with Historic Staunton Foundation office on the third floor of the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art at 20 South New Street. HSF’s maps and building files will help you discover Staunton’s buildings and neighborhoods. Dig into research for your own project, HSF staff can help you discover best practices for maintenance and rehabilitation of properties and revitalization of neighborhoods....
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Public Input Open House Staunton Comprehensive Plan Priority Initiatives Date: 05/04/2017 4:00 – 8:00 PM Location: Gypsy Hill Park Gym, 600 Churchville Ave, Staunton Please get involved with the Comprehensive Plan update process. Your input and support are vital to the success of Staunton’s future. The Citizen’s Advisory Committee for the Staunton Comprehensive Plan Update will hold a Public Input Open House for the residents of the City of Staunton. The Open House will provide citizens, businesses, and special interest groups with the opportunity to review the Plan’s Priority...
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Staunton “White Elephants” Walking tour meets in R.R. Smith Center Memorial Garden Friday, May 5 @ 12 Noon Staunton has roughly 195,000 square feet of underutilized or vacant space in eleven historic buildings all within a three quarter mile radius (walking distance) of downtown. Our community shines with examples of adaptively reused historic buildings. Many of the successful projects are buildings of “manageable” size. They tend to be easier to adapt to business and reuse plans. However, we also have prime examples of large building rehabilitation. “White Elephant”...
Read MoreThe History of the Augusta County Courthouse
We are pleased to have historian Nancy Sorrells join us to present the History of the Augusta County Courthouse. The History of the Augusta County Courthouse Slide Presentation
Read MoreRehabilitating 231 Sycamore Street
Our 2017 HSF Preservation Brown Bag series continues by looking at how selected award-winning projects came about. What is the process of imagining, designing, and building a residential rehabilitation project? HSF is pleased to have Kelly Grantier discuss her rehabilitation project of 231 Sycamore Street – winner of an HSF 2016 Residential Preservation Award. Built in 1911, this property was purchased as a two unit dwelling then converted back to a single family home. With great attention to detail, and retaining original historic features, Kelly highlighted the beauty of her project by...
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